Logomo celebrates the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia

Turku 2011 Foundation arranges a seminar called After Tom, in Logomo on IDAHO – International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia 17.5. at 5.30 pm the seminar room at Logomo, Köydenpunojankatu 14, Turku.

The main speaker is Danny Hall from U.S. Embassy in Helsinki and the event will be opened by Cay Sevón, Chief Executive Officer of Turku 2011 Foundation. Other speakers are Gary Everett, the Curator of the Tom of Finland exhibition and Kirsi Mikkonen, the Vice President of TuSeta. The seminar will be held in English.

Before the seminar the audience also has a chance to join the guided exhibition tour with the researcher Kati Mustola at 3.30 pm in Finnish and 4.30 pm in English. The guidance is free of charge, but a ticket to the exhibition is needed to enter the exhibition hall.

IDAHO has been celebrated globally since 2005. Its founder was the French writer and journalist, Louis-Georges Tin. The date May 17th was chosen to commemorate the World Health Organisation’s decision to remove homosexuality from the list of mental disorders 17.5.1990.

The main purpose of the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia is to show that homophobia and transphobia are shameful, and that homophobic structures in the society should be demolished and homophobia fought.